Job 24:5
Behold, as wild asses in the desert they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for meat; the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
6They cut their provender in the field; and they glean the vintage of the wicked.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12And he shall be as a wild-ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Job 5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
Job 24:14The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
Psalms 104:23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Jeremiah 2:24a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
Hosea 8:9For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13
Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →